Telegram-herald., 1887-06-19

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baasf orrsn ,nanr- Will s. HAx4.
fsetosy ba Ils ~orld sives e ous clear xnf
epla tha1 mere Of HAYS songs have besn ses
q nli2le 81 these instruments &C street torture
tnan 81 any ether hstlf dozen COMPOSERS. This
= . big lead ol mastery - charge up 70 one
nan. bat = s probably tfue. There are such
sa1tle c4,cag cnsrfas about the siiapls nAelo-
diss a this writer 1has his musk, ean be appre-
clatsd ~ pflna donna or hoeten1c2 A
gfeab 1rAgeier once Toll me thar be had beer6i
kays tliiss oozins ons of ricksty oii hand or
gas - siien out q the way places a. Cape
Town. Cai0o. 8azdad, ConsranEiaop.s. aud
sfen ~ Jer.lss.efn!
4 aH Hays Yesterday. He was staining
on a street corner expostalaf.ng with an Old
lrisauau. ,sho bad oeen numerically club
bing hts mule. Re i a born philosopher. and
81 tne TINS passed be Vas quoting passages
from Ho,-r y ris. the riDt at and slasehes
from popular songs. % the astonishnenf ~
the cruel fellow. HAYS has.not csanSei In
ths eaat IA Psronsl appearance IN the last
dozen years He b 80 years cld, large, broad
shouldeFed. with the carriage of a soA!ier and
che tearing Of a southern cavalier fsas hair
il nearly snow wai6e. bls face fun and aorid,
his Dig mustache blacf.. and be = altogether
. very handsone, we'd preserved man. A
dark siouch hat was pulled down over his
eyes. and his hands were showed deep into ais
p,tastaloons pockstS For years hs was the
river editor OF Tho Courier Journal and be
conducted column that Was indeed i0ur.
raiistic euriossty. is Was a strange mixture
& river news. Of goat, mother-in-law and
wetsrme.on literature. and pathetic verses
AM negro dialect stfFisSI In IL sid that
HsYs personally knew for period Of twenty
years every rlver unn IrOm .-esbury to
New Orieans from captains and owners down
% deck hands ard roustabouts. Hs was i'm
mensely popuAr. and several beats were
nanled after ban. One fns southern steamer,
The Msttie Besis Hays. was namsd IN com
plinisnt 70 bis eldest darghaer. wao is now a
very beautiful woman. vsrIi4nle southern
hclla AZ present Mr. Hays i editor Of The
v Vsckly Commercial OF Louisville. and man
ages 20 grind cut new song or two every
month. lie IS a msn of family, with wife
srsl several seaasifai children, to whom be Is
dssotedly attached
80
re wes born On July -, 1877, and hfs
fasher wss a ~s~numsker Later On Re was
nssnsher of the Old 5rm o. HAYS 4 Cooper.
and was once wei 20 do Ths war, bal luck
or something OF other broke aim up IN bazi-
ness loar ago wins Grst verses we're writ
ten en- boards and shingles with pieces of
eharcoal ia his fathers wagon shop. he was
. srapexracs and could negsr be kent at
school Consequently be is a man of Irtls or
no etlrcaticn, excepr What be has picked nd
ia fourhhix it around tha world Hs was
seut from home % several schools. but IN
variabiv ran awsy. and finally came back to
Louisville. where his path FOR nlaDy years
was an exceedingly thoruy enc While away
from horne. when Is years old. he wrote bis
first serious poem. an eifuSiou ad3rsssesl TO q
beau ,sfai girl with whom The young man was
deeply s.aitten.
~lt was my first poenl.- said Hays in speak-
Inc q 81. saud it wrs a matter of fgRch con-
eern 70 nie. sent is 70 The Louisville Times.
AL the editor tod ma it would be printed.
Then ( folioved if ro an.i hung around the
cifce ~ cay and watched Is solicitausiy by
night Cor thsee days Then the poem ap-
renred - print vitss znY nane % *. I read
Il oees and over again ami again anal my
EYES actet ard ny heal swan with e,stisv.
I say fans ai,i ior,nue la tnose lines an-il
the 1ifls ofottel. rho was ciief than (. met
me eva the street. and n,ked shauter Gus "a
me Tor writing tss verses to bis sister To
make 6 roE.s be tod is ahenf town thst it
vasit t1f writing them to ais sister, but BE-
eaese the Fo4nry vas - bad
This fsis fns vouu~ writer's beginning
mr. vtrv a,,saiciofts II Is tEn- sus Sc vas
sfarfe~ tsd b. soon forros TIA roin n his
drnh 1< ard verses ter0n rolling ffrri lis
rer ike smoke frorn a silt coal isst locoaso-
tre Hs 6rst s1.ress IA sonr Nes tbs long
49, eeae,is -lirassrriinc. whi.h v-on him a
1ssss fepet4tlon 81 hcnne sr3 enrcad 0thsr
sonzs tles mes Wita instant succeSs vers
s'fake This 1stser . Mother. Angels Meet
~ n - Cross I>oa,s- -Na~ Down XonGer
~ - Cofrfefis,' as>haras o'8sier.- ~NorR
ONe.I7 ~Dfifen from Horne. ~laa Little OLD
Cabir ia the Isne.r ~ re NJ e Letter frem
Hnfue eriie YYrnsiering Refugee. au.i BIOL
- paf.in- The last usn,ef proved fhe biggest
Success cl aH. aii ever iEoaoo copies of it
uese S.il in q comparatively short tirne. It
was rireiiv repuhilsl,e,i ia France. England
eer,naav ficflsi,i and Austraiia A aozen
veers ago : IS Peters. tie Nsv York rausic
puhiishef ftrnsshe5 Eays a statement thas
~ has scd a. foi.orii.,- r1e,tar 81 copseS q
srfre - tis surge, ~Szanals " seisn. -51 3s5
=1Ic'ie narfir,.- tfen icss oaa. 2-o 30. sNora
ffTeif 34f stt DRIVES frcri Ho,ne. KS
Ss5 aa3 "Write he . letter frosn Hon,e. :
80 loa At .Eas f'a,e this -,sl1isher acne
rAtpl tbst he hs.i sc.d 5eofO cories q
Esvs' sorzs -
he sone writer telis an intere~tlnr storv
strut she iisspiraton snd ufolnction ~
s.rvanrelsue H vas On = sist to the hcris
~ r 3 Nsrfo-v tis Secession ceaarr.ssHasn.
iss Oldham -ounfr. Kr. rasre we're num.
ber 81 otsrr ycsnz r.eepi- sassss IS the hcusf
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